Anyway, Calvin and Hobbes, as is pretty much universally known, is the greatest syndicated comic ever made. I liked Garfield a lot when I was younger, dumbness aside, and still like it a bit, though mostly because of nostalgia. Foxtrot, however, is probably my favorite current comic; I can relate to a lot of it, and it's just overall clever. Honorable mention goes to Pearls Before Swine. Dumb from time to time, but just as often they'll make a strip far above their usual quality, too.